The pressure for “ringers” of whatever kind (over-age, straight, male, professional, what have you) is due to a desire to win at all cost (and by whatever means seem expedient ... leaving aside whether bringing in straights really helps) is in (perceived) conflict with the desire for a “safe place for gays to socialize”. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Scandal of the week Bolivia say claims that half their U15 Youth Olympic Games winning side was over-age are "outrageous". ❋ Unknown (2010)
The Netherlands almost immediately brought on Roy Makaay and Gerald Sibon, two of the three over-age players allowed in this tournament for players under 23. ❋ Unknown (2008)
A June 2005 report by the Drum Major Institute found that impact schools were among the most overcrowded and underfunded in the city and serve a student body that is disproportionately poor, Black and over-age for their grade. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Camelot Schools has contracts worth $13.1 million to run the Excel Academy, an alternative school for "over-age" high school students on Bustleton Avenue, near Harbison, in the Northeast; and two disciplinary schools, Daniel Boone, at 26th and Jefferson streets, Strawberry Mansion, and Shallcross, at Woodhaven Road near Knights, in the Far Northeast. ❋ Jim Horn (2009)
Perhaps the most notorious example was Attorney General Robert Jackson's opinion (prior to the Lend-Lease Act) that existing statutes gave the President the authority to acquire from the British Government rights for the establishment of naval and air bases in exchange for over-age destroyers and obsolescent military material. ❋ Unknown (2006)
New Delhi PTI: In an embarrassing revelation, the under-7 girls' national champion -- along with five others -- has been found over-age in the ongoing under-9 National Chess Competition here. ❋ Jan (2008)
Long Beach, Calif., was a repeat champion in 1992-93, though the first victory was awarded after a Philippines squad was stripped of the title for using over-age players. ❋ Unknown (2006)
National champion found over-age in under-9 chess tourney ❋ Jan (2008)
I hate to criticize the casting, which is co-credited to the niece of somebody who I go to synagogue with, but this is a particularly bad example of over-age casting. ❋ The Brillig Blogger (2008)
National under-7 champion N Madhumita, Akhila S, H Tejaswini, Sagarika ILVK -- all from Andhra Pradesh -- and Orissa's Shovna and Sonali Jena were declared over-age after the Delhi Chess Association DCA conducted medical examination of 14 players on Saturday suspecting the correctness of their submitted birth certificates. ❋ Jan (2008)
After all, they are just a bunch of over-age kids, right? ❋ Unknown (2008)
As an over-age player and captain, he helped Paraguay win a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics. ❋ Unknown (2006)
She has also admitted barriers aimed at preventing children from accessing over-age material on the internet are not just porous but leak like a sieve. ❋ FIDO The Dog (2008)
Overview: Press release announcing, “… a recent lifestyle interest survey conducted by Del Webb communities shows that active recreation, especially adventurous pursuits such as hiking and river rafting, is emerging as a top lifestyle interest by the over-age 55 and Baby Boomer crowds.” ❋ Unknown (2006)